TECHWEB TODAY: SECURITY & PRIVACY Wednesday, November 17, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Wednesday Security & Privacy Feature: IT's Security Paradox 2. Security & Privacy News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. Symantec, MX Logic Partner In Managed Spam Defense 4. IDC Sees Bright Future For IT Services 5. Enron E-mail Study Shows Liability Nightmare 6. Adelstein Tapped For Another Term At FCC Other News This Week 7. Desktop Search Finds Too Much 8. As Sarbanes-Oxley Looms, Companies Rush To Comply 9. Grid Project Puts Unused PCs To Good Works 10. E-voting Settlement Leaves Some Unsettled ------- Advertisement ------------------- Join InformationWeek for a FREE, on-demand TechWebCast on Are You Getting the Most from Your Host? We�ll discuss the value of legacy systems, trends in the host access market, how terminal emulation fits into larger IT issues, and how to make the most from your host. Register and view now: http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekik0GpvDH0G4W0CfoL0AX ----------------------------------------- -- Keep Getting This Newsletter -- Don't let future editions of TechWeb Today Security & Privacy go missing. Take a moment to add the newsletter's address to your anti-spam whitelist: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you're not sure how to do that, ask your administrator or ISP. Or check your anti-spam utility's documentation. Thanks. 1. WEDNESDAY SECURITY & PRIVACY FEATURE: IT's Security Paradox Attacks are on the rise, but so is confidence among security professionals. What's the deal? http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekik0GpvDH0G4W0CxlV0Aw 2. SECURITY & PRIVACY NEWS OF THE WEEK Security Vendor Says Windows XP SP2 Full Of Holes Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) has ten unpatched vulnerabilities, a U.S. security firm said. Microsoft, however, vigorously disputed the claims. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekik0GpvDH0G4W0CxlW0Ax McAfee Battles Spyware With Enterprise Add-On McAfee announced an add-on to its enterprise anti-virus software that boosts spyware protection for businesses. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekik0GpvDH0G4W0CxF70An Microsoft Looks To Ease Patch Management Pain Windows Update Services runs on the Windows server, and is designed to help network admins manage patches for both servers and connected client PCs. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekik0GpvDH0G4W0CxlX0Ay RFID To Fight Counterfeiting Of Viagra, Painkilling Drugs RFID tags will be added to packaging of Viagra and the painkiller OxyContin, allowing the medicines to be tracked electronically from production plant to pharmacy. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekik0GpvDH0G4W0CxYu0AA Secrets Of A Convicted Spammer Jeremy Jaynes got millions of e-mail addresses from a stolen AOL database through 16 high-speed lines and made as much as $750,000 per month, although his response rate was only 1 in 30,000. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekik0GpvDH0G4W0CxlY0Az Firefox Could Give IE A Run For The Money Firefox features anti-fraud capabilities and pop-up blockers. On the day of its release, it already had 3% of the browser market share. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekik0GpvDH0G4W0CxlZ0A1 Microsoft Updates Outlook Spam Defenses Again The file can be downloaded from Microsoft's Web site or retrieved via Office Update. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekik0GpvDH0G4W0Cxla0A8 Cisco Warns Routers, Switches Vulnerable To DoS Attacks Cisco released an advisory warning that certain devices running IOS Version 12.2S can be disabled by hackers. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekik0GpvDH0G4W0Cxlb0AA ------- Advertisement ------------------- Join InformationWeek for a FREE, on-demand TechWebCast on Are You Getting the Most from Your Host? We�ll discuss the value of legacy systems, trends in the host access market, how terminal emulation fits into larger IT issues, and how to make the most from your host. Register and view now: http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekik0GpvDH0G4W0CfoL0AX ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. Symantec, MX Logic Partner In Managed Spam Defense Symantec and MX Logic plan to insert the former's Brightmail anti-spam technology into the latter's existing e-mail defense system. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekik0GpvDH0G4W0Cxlc0AB 4. IDC Sees Bright Future For IT Services Companies and governments will spend $553 billion on external IT services this year, even as the services industry works to redefine itself, IDC says. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekik0GpvDH0G4W0Cxld0AC 5. Enron E-mail Study Shows Liability Nightmare A study of millions of Enron e-mail messages found scores of messages with content that posed all kinds of potential liability risks. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekik0GpvDH0G4W0Cxle0AD 6. Adelstein Tapped For Another Term At FCC Democrat Jonathan Adelstein expected to remain on the Federal Communications Commission. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekik0GpvDH0G4W0Cxlf0AE OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. Desktop Search Finds Too Much Google's new desktop search integrates Web and hard drive searches. But not everyone in the enterprise will like what they find. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekik0GpvDH0G4W0CxR30Av 8. As Sarbanes-Oxley Looms, Companies Rush To Comply SEC official says compliance with Sarbanes Oxley will be a "sprint to the finish." An independent survey, meanwhile, finds only about 20 percent of companies on schedule to meet the deadline. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekik0GpvDH0G4W0CxYp0A4 9. Grid Project Puts Unused PCs To Good Works IBM and several of the world's leading scientific and philanthropic groups have launched a project that would split complex computing chores into millions of pieces, then parse them out to idle personal computers for the heavy lifting. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekik0GpvDH0G4W0Cxlg0AF 10. E-voting Settlement Leaves Some Unsettled Under terms of the settlement in California's civil action against Diebold Election Systems, the company agreed to pay the state $2.6 million. Activists who filed the original litigation against Diebold on behalf of California taxpayers were not appeased. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekik0GpvDH0G4W0CxYt0A8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign Up For Info On Our Latest Webcasts TechWeb's live, interactive webcasts bring the industry's top experts right to your desktop for in-depth discussions about the market's most-pressing issues. 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